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Dana and Garry leave the Ice

    Today we bid farewell to two members of the TIGER team, Garry and Dana.  Having them down here this season reinforced to me what an efficient and talented science group we have at Washington University.  Both Dana and Garry worked hard to pull together the TIGER 2003 - 2004 campaign.
    Dana built and attached photomultiplier tubes to the TIGER hodoscope in an amazingly short amount of time this spring in St. Louis, which is not an easy task.  He was also instrumental in testing and integrating the TIGER detector in Palestine this past July.  Down here on the Ice, he worked hard to set up everything and build the TIGER thermal shielding.
    Garry also worked long hours assembling both the TIGER high- and low-voltage systems both in St. Louis and in Palestine.  Furthermore, his assistance to the ANITA group helped them to solve some difficult electrical problems and get them up and running quickly.  His devotion to his job and to the group is a true inspiration.
    Dave Sullivan has informed us that tomorrow, TRACER will have a good shot at launching their payload.  If so, tomorrow could be a really exciting day.





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